The origin
of the Phrase : "Ich gehe zum
Fransiskaner"
The
first franciscan monastory was built around 1220
in an area of drained swamps. It was a small building with an oratory called "Allerheiligen".
A large farm was built behind this building in order to provide for the monastory.
In 1230, the big monastory
of franciscains was built "Place Kléber" where the Aubette buildings used
to be.
In 1369, the city of
Strasbourg built a hotel and almshouse to accomodate poor travellers in the rue
du Faubourg de Pierre, close to the franciscain monastery.
Since the vocation of the Franciscain Order was to assist the poor, the city of
Strasbourg entrusted the management of this hotel to them.
In 1525, the Reformation led to the
closing of all the monasteries of the city, but the people in the Faubourg de
Pierre district kept calling this hotel "Zum
Fransikaner".
The building was sold to a private indivual who turned it into an inn, and the
small monastery as well as the oratory were torn down and turned into houses.
The
first franciscan monastory was built around 1220
in an area of drained swamps. It was a small building with an oratory called "Allerheiligen".